Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Museum of the Big Bendhttp://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/MBIGB/browse/?sort=date_d&fq=str_title_serial:VanUxen/Smith+Collection2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Museum of the Big Bend[Portrait of Ada Jennings]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176582/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176582/"><img alt="[Portrait of Ada Jennings]" title="[Portrait of Ada Jennings]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176582/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Daguerreotype portrait of Ada Jennings (later Mrs. Alfred VanUxen). In the image, she is wearing a dark-colored dress and posed so that she is seated with her right elbow on a table next to a large book. The image is in a decorative case with a flower design on the front.</p>[Portrait of Ada Jennings]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176587/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176587/"><img alt="[Portrait of Ada Jennings]" title="[Portrait of Ada Jennings]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176587/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Daguerreotype portrait of Ada Jennings (later Mrs. Alfred VanUxen) when she was a young woman. In the image, she is wearing a dark-colored dress and posed with her right arm propped up. The image is in a decorative case with a colored design on the front.</p>[Portrait of Alfred VanUxen]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176585/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176585/"><img alt="[Portrait of Alfred VanUxen]" title="[Portrait of Alfred VanUxen]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176585/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Daguerreotype portrait of Alfred VanUxen when he was a young man. He is visible from the waist up and is wearing a dark-colored suit including a bow tie, jacket, and waistcoat. The image is in a decorative case with a design on the front.</p>[Portrait of Alfred VanUxen]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176583/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176583/"><img alt="[Portrait of Alfred VanUxen]" title="[Portrait of Alfred VanUxen]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176583/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Daguerreotype portrait of Alfred VanUxen. He is visible from the waist up and is wearing a dark-colored suit including a bow tie, jacket, and waistcoat. The image is in a decorative case with a flower design on the back; the front half of the case is missing.</p>[Portrait of Mrs. VanUxen and Daughter]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176588/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176588/"><img alt="[Portrait of Mrs. VanUxen and Daughter]" title="[Portrait of Mrs. VanUxen and Daughter]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176588/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Tintype portrait of Mrs. Ada VanUxen and Sue VanUxen. In the image, Mrs. VanUxen is seated and holding her young daughter; Ada is wearing a striped dress and Sue is wearing a polka-dotted dress. The photograph is in a decorative frame with metalwork flowers surrounding the image.</p>[Portrait of Sue Smith]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176586/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176586/"><img alt="[Portrait of Sue Smith]" title="[Portrait of Sue Smith]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176586/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Tintype portrait of a young girl, identified as Sue Smith. She is seated in a wooden chair with her hands on the arms and is wearing a light-colored dress. The photograph is in a decorative case with a flower design on the front and metalwork flowers surrounding the image.</p>[Portrait of Young Girls]2011-08-19T08:55:38-05:00http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176584/<p><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176584/"><img alt="[Portrait of Young Girls]" title="[Portrait of Young Girls]" src="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176584/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Tintype portrait of two young girls. In the image, the girl on the left (identified as Sue VanUxen, later Mrs. Edwin R. Smith) is seated with her hands in her lap; the girl on the right is standing with her arm on Sue's shoulder. The girls are wearing matching, dark-colored dresses and the unidentified girl is also wearing a necklace with a cross on it. The photograph is in a decorative case with a flower design on the front and metalwork flowers surrounding the image.</p>